Numerical simulations of the hydraulic behaviour of stepped stairs in a metro station

Paral·lel metro station, located in Barcelona, has historically suffered flooding problems due to the location of one of its access stairs in a flood prone area. During these flooding events subway users were subjected to a significant risk of falling and injuries, and, sometimes, the station remain...

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Autores: Tellez Alvarez, Jackson David|||0000-0003-1428-9872, Gómez Valentín, Manuel|||0000-0001-7042-5897, Russo, Beniamino|||0000-0001-9437-0085
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/409078
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/409078
https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1600-7_62
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Floods -- Risk assessment
3D modelling
Urban floods
Stepped stairs
Inundacions -- Avaluació del risc
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Enginyeria hidràulica, marítima i sanitària::Enginyeria sanitària
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Infraestructures i modelització dels transports::Transport urbà
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Sumario:Paral·lel metro station, located in Barcelona, has historically suffered flooding problems due to the location of one of its access stairs in a flood prone area. During these flooding events subway users were subjected to a significant risk of falling and injuries, and, sometimes, the station remain closed during several hours to avoid this kind of problems. In this paper the analysis of flood conditions of this subway access has been performed by using commercial software Flow3D. The results help to understand the hydraulic behavior of the station and, in particular, of its stepped stairs. Furthermore, this results can be extrapolated to other metro stations in Barcelona located in other flod prone areas of the city.